Curtain-pole.



Patented Aug. 2|, I900.

K. B. BROADSTREET.

CURTAIN POLE.

(Application filed May 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE S A 77'0RNEYS which the following is a description. I r

One purpose of the invention is toso con- UNITED STAT S KATE RAYBURN BROADSTRE PATENT OFFIcE.

ET, on GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI.

CURTAIN-POLE.

srncrnon'rron forming part of L'etters Ratent No. 656,506, datedA'u gust ai, 1900. Application filed May 18, 1900. Serial No. 17,187. (No model.)

To all uihom it may concern.-'

Be it known that I, KATE RAYBURN BROAD- STREET, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Grenadafin the county of Grenada I and State of Mississippi,

have invented a new and useful Improvement struct' a curtain-pole that when curtainsare ung' thereon they may be shifted .in various waysand reversed-'-'-'as, for example,thecurthe pole or may be hung tains may v v y in the same, horizontal plane, edge to edge,

construct .the curtain-pole-that it may be sup ported by ordinary brackets and will belight,

simple, and durablein constructiom,

The invention consists in the novel construction ;andcombination of. the several partsy'as will be hereinafter fully-set iiorth,

and pointed out in the claims.

. Reference is tobe' had to the accompanying "drawingaforming'a part of this specification, in which similar charaotersof reference indi-,

cate corresponding parts in all "Figure 1' is a perspective view of the improved curtain pole applied to a .frame, illustrating curtains-carried by the I 713016. Fig. 2 is aver'tical through the improved pole,

taken at a point nearits center, and likewise a partial vertical arched bar are at'an angle,

10. These bars 10 and section through'the window-frame towhich the pole is applied View of the improved-pole, f v

The curtain-pole consists of a rear straight bar 10 and an arched"frontvbar'llgthejendsof the arched bar conne'et'rngwith the Straight bar near its ends, and theje'nd portions of the preferably aright angle, to the back bar and 11 are usually tubular and communicate one with the other, and the ends of the back bar 1.0 are ordinarily provided with ornaments 12, reinovably attached thereto. A slot 13 is madeinthe bottom of theiront bar or member 11 of the curtain-pole, and this slot extends from end to end of the said front bar or member, as shown in -Figs. 1 and 3. One' end of the slot 13 is directly connected with a in Curtain-Poles,off ull clear, and exact j bemadeto cross one another at :ings by therefereneesnumeral 16." at the top or bebowed outwardly to produce a bow-window-reifect. I;

Another'purpese of the invention is} to so at the entrance-point it has once been windowtransverse section and- Fig. ,3 is'a bottom plan tai'n are brought in slot 14-, extending longitudinally in the bottom 'or under portion of the back bar 10, ter-- 1 min'ating' at a pointatior near the opposite end of thet'rontflbar 11, as is shown also in Figs; 1 and3.f

slotzlt; but the rear',- slot' 15 extends to one 10,"-as shown in Fig.- 3,:

this-fend of the slot 15 being concealed by one'otfthe ornaments 12. f The terminal portioii'wof the slot'15 is designated in the draw that the] rear bar p ;10"may be strengthened, it if is, divided into two chambersfby a, par- In order I The other endofthe sic-E13 in-lthe front baror' member 11 is connected. witha'-'longitudtna l slot15'at the rea-Iof and extending in the-rearbarl'O parallelwi-tl the tition 17,-:located. between the two, slots 14;

and 15, as shown int-Fig. 2. The curtains'are adapted to be attached to hooks 18 or their equivalents, and the "shanks-0f these hooks are made to'enter the slots in the curtain-pole 16. V The shank of each hook is provided with a knob or head 19, which prevents the hook leaving the pole after I introduced in the slot. The end portions (of the back by brackets '20-,of any desired construction: and j-adapt'ed "for frame door-frame,

front bar or member-11 is strengthened and supported "by a brace 21, whichiis attached to the front bar at 'or arched over the upper surface of the back bar are supported attachment to. afwindow wall, or thegl-ike; and th I hear, its center and .is

bar 10, resting thereon, as shown'in gFig. 2, v I and the innerrendiof this-brace 2Lmay be secured to the .support to which .the' brackets areapplie'd or toany other convenient o'b- I l ,1 "99 observed that when two curtains i ect. I

.II-t willbe areemployed and the hookssupporting one curtain arecarried in the rear groove or s l5 andthe hooks supporting the other ourthe forward groove or slot 14 the curtains willcrossone another at the top,'0ne curtainbei'ng at the rear of the other. When both curtains are brought in the same groove 14hr 15 of the back-bar 10, the longitudinal edges of thecurtains will lot U face one another,and theciirtains may be draped at the bottom as fancy-may dictate;

When the curtains are carried into thefsl'ot 13 in the front-member or bar 11 and are dis- 2 esa'soe tributed along the length of said slot, thecurtains will be given a bow shape and will stand well out from the window or door. It is also obvious that the curtains may be reversed, one side of the curtain appearing toward the room when the curtain is in either slot-14 or 15, the other side of the curtain being pre sented to the room when the curtain-hangers are in the slot 13 of the front bar or member 11. v i i The device is very simple and neat and may be made exceedingly ornamental. It also enables curtains to be draped in difierent ways, thus affording a ready change in arranging drapery at a window or a door. v 4 Having thus described my invention, I claim as new Patent-- 1. A curtain-pole consisting of a back bar and a front bar connected with the back bar, the back bar being provided with parallel slots. therein and the front bar with a slot extending from end to end thereof, each end portion of the slot int-he front bar or memmember, as set forth.

ber connecting with a 2. A curtain-pole comprising a back bar, and a front bar extending from the back her, the two bars being tubular and the backbar having parallel slots made therein having their terminals at different end pcrtions'of the back bar, the front bar being likewise provided with a longitudinal slot, one end of the said slot of the front bar constituting a continuation of one slot in the back bar, the other slot in the back bar constituting a continuation of the opposite end of the said siot in the front bar, for the purpose specified.

3. A curtain-pole comprising a back bar and a front bar extending from the back bar,

and desire to secure by Letters,

slot in the back bar or continuation of the opposite end of the said slot in the front bar, a partition located in the back'bar between the two slots therein,

and curtain-hangers consisting of a member adapted for attachment to a curtain, a shank connect-ed with the said member and adapted to pass through the slots in the curtain-pole,

and-heads at theinner ends of the said shanks, which heads are adapted when the hangers are in place on the curtain-pole, to remain in the chambers of the said pole, for the pun pose-set forth.

. 14. .A ourtain-pole comprising a front bar anda rear bar connected therewith, and each provided'with a guideway for curtain-hangers, the 'gnideway of the front bar being continuous with that of the rear bar.

' 5. A curtain-pole comprising a front bar,

having a longitudinal slotfor the guidance of curtain-hangers, and a rear bar having two longitudinal slots, one in advance of the other, the slot of the front bar communicati n'g at its .ends, withjdifierent slots of. the rear bar;

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification in the presence of "two subscribing witnesses.

KATE RAYBURN BROADSTREET.

' Witnesses:

BROADSTREET, J. P. BROADSTREET. 

